UBER’S LATEST LICENSING DEFEAT “A WAKE-UP CALL” SAYS UNION
Imminent expiry of Uber’s licence in York, is the latest in a year of blows to San Francisco transport giant in UK cities following landmark legal defeat over drivers’ rights. Contributor Mick Rix,...
View ArticleUber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Said To Plan Sale Of 29% Of Stake
5 January 2018, 01:42 GMTFormer Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick, who has long boasted that he’s never sold any shares in the company he co-founded, plans to sell about 29...
View ArticleLetter To Editor : This Whole Business Of Uber Carrying On Operating Is...
What possible reason could there be for TfL not to revoke Ubers licence to operate - especially after Uber obtained the license using misleading information – notice how the weakest terms of expression...
View ArticleOpinion ... Gerald Goureit QC : Uber London Model, Not Legal.
This is one ( if not the best ) Licensing lawyers in the U.K. Who is currently working for our biggest Trade Org:This is his analysis of UBER and our present situation.UBER have lied to the Courts, the...
View ArticlePress Statement From PointCab After Fridays Meeting With PM Theresa May
On Friday 5th of January 2018, a meeting took place with the Prime Minister Theresa May. During the meeting, Mrs May was informed of the necessity to grant a full Statutory Public Inquiry into how and...
View ArticleUnlicensed Tout From Ealing, Ordered To Pay £4,000 After IllegallyPicking Up...
Khalid Mahmood, 39, from Ealing west London, will have to stump up a massive £4000 in fines and court costs, within the next 28 days.Mahmood a private hire driver, lost his licence and was ordered to...
View ArticleScandal From The Past Jumps Up And Bites TfLTPH On The Arse.... By Jim Thomas.
A discussion took place on Twitter earlier today where the main point aired was over the question, if Worboys had one of the fake bills from the Penton Street move!To be clear, the move to Palestra was...
View ArticleVictims Of Uber Data Breach Are Now Being Joined By Card Fraud Victims
Victims of Uber's customer account data breach have now started to surface. Added to this, are non account holders who's card details have been used to pay for fake Uber journeys. Victims have tried to...
View ArticleUber’s Pre Licensing Consultation In Aberdeen Branded 'Farcical'
The consultation held ahead of the granting of a licence allowing taxi firm Uber to operate in Aberdeen has been branded "farcical" by a MSP.It was announced last week the ride-hailing firm had been...
View ArticleAre HAL Putting Themselves On Offer Over Uber Using The AVA.
HAL have been warned that they are conspiring with and abetting Uber drivers to tout in the Authorised Vehicles Area (AVA) Private Hire feeder park. The news that Uber drivers accept booking in the...
View ArticleCall For More Details On Operating Rules For Uber’s Minicab Service InAberdeen
An MSP has called for details about how a controversial taxi firm will operate in Aberdeen.Uber has been granted a licence to operate in the city but MSP Kevin Stewart has urged Aberdeen City Council...
View ArticleSir Vince Cable Slams TFL And Local Authorities Responsible ForHammersmith...
Sir Vince Cable said passengers who use Hammersmith Bridge deserve a better dealTwickenham MP Vince Cable has criticised the authorities responsible for Hammersmith Bridge, saying bus passengers who...
View ArticleUber Are Complaining Pam's PSA Advertisement Is Continuing To Mislead.
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT FIRST!Pamela Anderson claims Uber is not safe for womenThe “Baywatch” star is the latest to raise questions about the safety of rideshare appsAfter complaints from RideHailing...
View ArticleLenny (The Pen) Etheridge, In Reply To Taxi Leaks Post On Uber CreditCars Fraud
Why are Uber's credit card fraud complaints being dealt with by Uber and not the Met Police or UKSFO?If someone is being charged for a journey on a different continent, why are Uber not informing the...
View ArticleUbers Defence Lawyer Quits As ‘24-hour London’ Commissioner
A lawyer appointed by Sadiq Khan to help save London’s 24-hour economy has stepped down, accusing City Hall of failing to deliver on its promises.Philip Kolvin QC, a licensing specialist credited with...
View ArticleLewis Norton Branch Secretary of RMT London Taxi Branch has resigned tonight:
*RMT London Taxi Drivers 0930 Branch*Notice of resignation:Unfortunately due to both personal & professional reasons I have decided to stand down from the post of branch secretary. This has been a...
View ArticleTaxi Drivers To Sky Dive With Red Devils, In Aid Of The Taxi CharityFor...
On 26 July 2018, 'Team Be Lucky', made up of four London cabbies, a war veteran and a Taxi Charity committee member, will be undertaking tandem skydives with the Red Devils to raise much needed funds...
View ArticleHow Come The Majority Of Our Orgs Aren't Demanding Uber's FullSuspension...
What exactly have our trade orgs and unions been doing ?They seem to have accepted that Uber have the right, under the act of 1998 to carry on regardless!Have they (the orgs and Unions) not read the...
View ArticleAre London Cabbies Sowing The Seeds Of Their Own Obsolescence ?
Article below from the Auto Express paper suggests that Black Cabs on eHailing app Gett, will be the architects of their own demise.• Will you allow them to fit the kit in your cab???• Will you allow...
View ArticleAs Gett App Grows More Powerful, Israel's Cab Drivers BecomeIncreasingly More...
Seven years after its launch in Israel, the taxi-hailing app Gett’s metal flag flies from more than a third of the country’s taxis and close to 30% of all rides in a year. But as the company grows...
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